Igniting device.



L. E. BRANDON. IGNITINVG DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED 00T.16,j1912.

' Patented Sept.15,1914.

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LAWRENCE E. BRANDON, 01E DERBY, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR OF CHE-HALF TO HARVEYW. SILSBY, 0F DERBY, VERMONT.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 15, rate.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE E. BRAN- DON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Derby, in the county of Orleans and State ofVermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. IgnitingDevices; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same- The presentinvention relates to devices for igniting the carbon and oxygen gasinside the cylinders of internal combustion engines for the purpose ofclearing the cylinders of such residual gases and carbon accumulations,and has for its purpose to provide a device of that character which maybe readily carried about in the hand,-

matches or tapers, and there is the further disadvantage that aconsiderable quantity of the gas is lost. To overcome the foregoingmentioned disadvantages the present invention proposes to ignite the gasby electric sparking, the means for producing which is carried by thedevice.

With thes and other objects 1n view the invention consists in the noveldetails of construction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafterdisclosed and par 'ticula'rly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis application, in whichsimilar at its other end 3. A pair of'relatively long rated with anyinflammable fluid for a purpose presently to be explained. I

The electrical ap aratus for ignition con ,sists of a series of atteries13 connected by one wire 14 to the plug 15 secured to the cap 2, andfrom said plug the wire extends through an insulated covering 17 to onemember of an ordinary circuit closing de-. vice 16 mounted on thehandle. The other wire 18 connects with the primary 18 of a transformerthrough the wlre 19 and the interrupter 19, after the usual manner. TheWire 19 is connected to the handle 1 through the plug 20, and hasterminals 21 and 22 connected respectively to the circuit closer.

16 and the inner end of the conductor strip 4. The secondary 23 of thetransformer connects at one end to the wire 19, and at the other endwith the wire 24 leading to the handle through the plug 25, and thencethrough the handle and connects at 26 with theinner end of the strip 5.

In the use of the device the members i and 5 are inserted-inthe cylinderand moved about t-o-the diflerent points where it is desired to ignitethe oxygen and carbon, and then on pressing the push button of thecircuit closer a continuous spark is obtained across the gap 9sufficient to ignite the oxygen and carbon, and thereby burn out the.carbon and clean the cylinder.

When it is desired to ignite small particles of carbon in the cylinder,the asbestos or other fiber 12 is saturated. with gasolene smallparticles of carbon and oxygen gas, as

will be clearly understood.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spiritof my invention, and therefore I at said ga and a device carried by saiddo not-wishto be limited to such features strips for 0 ding a saturatedmass of abexceptas may be required by the claim. sorbent materialadapted to be ignited by I claim the sparks, substantially as described.

' 5 In an igniting apparatus, the combination In testimony *whereof, Iaflix my signa- 15 of a handle; a pa1r of conductor strips ture',inpresence oftwo witnesses.

mounted on. said handle andspaced at one LAWRENCE E. BRANDON. end toform a spark gap; means for closing Witnesses: J and interrupting anelectric circult through J OHN 'YOUNG,

10 said conductor strips and causing sparking MOLLIE M. BEALE.

